TWiV discusses a twice-yearly antiviral for prevention of AIDS, the WHO pandemic plan, West Nile resurgence in the US, the BANAL SARS-CoV-2 related viruses reproduce in human cells but do not transmit among animal hosts, and an amino acid change in dengue virus that enhances midgut replication in mosquitoes but reduces pathogenicity in humans.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

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Links for this episode

• MicrobeTV Discord Server
• PrEP with HIV-1 capsid inhibitor (NEJM)
• WHO pandemic plan (pdf)
• West Nile virus resurgence in US (NY Times)
• Properties of BANAL SARS-CoV-2 like viruses (Nat Micro)
• BANAL viruses on TWiV 809
• Different effect of dengue virus amino acid change in humans and mosquitoes (Sci Transl Med)
• Eng Ong Ooi on TWiV 633
• Letters read on TWiV 1137
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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